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  Amid row over scam, govt defers approval to AgustaWestland’s FDI in Indian JV

  May 02, 2016 19:33 IST

  The impact of the row over alleged kickbacks in the AgustaWestland helicopter deal has been witnessed in Parliament and the impact is now visible on other activities proposed by the company in India as well.

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  Amit Shah trying to create smokescreen with lies: Congress

  Politics | April 30, 2016 16:42 IST

  New Delhi:Congress today trashed BJP chief Amit Shah's charges against Sonia Gandhi and party leaders on AgustaWestland deal, terming them as "deliberate lies", and demanded that he apologise for his "politics of deceit" and attempts

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  AugustaWestland scam: CBI examines former Deputy Air Chief JS Gujral

  India | April 30, 2016 13:44 IST

  New Delhi: CBI on Saturday examined former Deputy Chief of Indian Air Force JS Gujral in connection with alleged irregularities in the Rs 3600 VVIP chopper deal with AgustaWestland. Air Marshal (Retd) Gujral arrived at

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  29th April News in Nutshell: Important stories of the day

  India | April 29, 2016 20:00 IST

  National News Bombay High Court orders demolition of Mumbai’s scam-ridden Adarsh building Mumbai: Bombay high court today ordered the Union Environment Ministry to demolish 31-storeyed Adarsh Co-operative Housing Society. The court has also ordered a

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  28th April News in Nutshell: Important stories of the day

  India | April 28, 2016 20:10 IST

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  CBI conducted raid against me but why not against Congress leaders, ask Kejriwal

  Politics | April 28, 2016 15:23 IST

  New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “silence” on AgustaWestland chopper deal and wondered why CBI raids have not been conducted against Congress leaders in connection with the ca

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  Top 10 facts to know about AgustaWestland scam

  Politics | April 28, 2016 14:15 IST

  New Delhi: The latest revelation in VVIP Chopper scam has put Congress on backfoot after an Italian Court held that kickbacks were paid to Indian middlemen and accused the UPA government of not sharing key

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  Amit Shah questions Mamata Banerjee’s silence on AgustaWestland chopper deal

  Politics | April 27, 2016 23:50 IST

  Kolkata: On a day when the VVIP chopper scam sparked tensions in parliament, BJP chief Amit Shah on Wednesday questioned the silence of West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress chairperson Mamata Banerjee on the

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  'Name leaders who took bribes': BJP corners Cong on VVIP chopper scam

  Politics | April 26, 2016 21:48 IST

  the BJP is planning to corner the Congress and party president Sonia Gandhi over the deal in UPA’s tenure and have asked the then Defence minister A K Antony to come clean and name the party leaders allegedly involved in the scam

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  AgustaWestland probe: Open non-bailable warrant issued against UK national accused

  India | October 24, 2015 8:17 IST

  New Delhi: A Delhi court on Friday issued an open non-bailable warrant (NBW) against British national Christian Michel James, an alleged middleman in the Rs 3,600 crore VVIP chopper deal case, after Enforcement Directorate said

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  CBI unlikely to give clearance to AgustaWestland

  India | April 30, 2015 17:49 IST

  New Delhi: CBI is unlikely to give clearance to AgustaWestland, facing alleged bribery charges, for taking part in ‘Make in India' programme after the company made a request citing an Italian court order acquitting it

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  VVIP chopper deal: ED traces money trail of middleman from Dubai to Delhi

  India | March 13, 2015 8:32 IST

  New Delhi: In a major breakthrough in the ongoing Rs 3,600-crore AgustaWestland chopper deal probe, the Enforcement Directorate has successfully identified the identity of middleman, Christian Michel, and track down the complete money trail that

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  No tender issued to buy VVIP choppers: Parrikar

  India | December 16, 2014 18:23 IST

  New Delhi: Government today said no tender has been issued to purchase VVIP chopers after it terminated a deal with Agusta Westland International from January this year on grounds of "breach" of pre-contract integrity pact.However,

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  American company bags contract for Navy's 16 multi-role choppers

  India | December 05, 2014 20:41 IST

  New Delhi: The United States' Sikorsky has bagged the contract for Indian Navy's Rs 6,000-crore proposal for acquisition of 16 multi-role helicopters for its warships, official sources said today.Defence Ministry sources said the commercial bids

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  AgustaWestland deal investigation at 'advanced stage': Government

  Politics | November 28, 2014 17:26 IST

  New Delhi:  Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar today said investigation into irregularities in the scrapped Rs 3,600 crore AgustaWestland deal is at an advanced stage.“The deal has been scrapped and it is being probed.It is at

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  ED files FIR against own men for evidence tampering in VVIP chopper deal

  India | October 14, 2014 21:17 IST

  New DelhI: Enforcement Directorate (ED) has registered an FIR against some of its officials on suspicion of “internal sabotage” of seized evidence in the high-profile Rs 3,600 crore AgustaWestland VVIP chopper deal.Official sources said the

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  Italian court accepts request for monetary measures: Finmeccannica

  India | August 31, 2014 23:26 IST

  New Delhi: Facing a CBI probe in India, defence firm Finmeccannica today claimed that an Italian court hearing the VVIP chopper scam has accepted its “request for monetary measures” in the case against its subsidiary

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  Major decisions of the Narendra Modi government in 100 days

  India | August 30, 2014 12:48 IST

  New Delhi: At a time when the Narendra Modi government is completing 100 days in power, we take a look at how the NDA government led by the Prime Minister has re-energised the bureaucracy to

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  Proceedings against Finmeccannica in VVIP chopper deal shelved

  India | July 30, 2014 8:37 IST

  Rome/New Delhi: Italian prosecutors have ‘shelved' proceedings against defence major Finmeccannica, the parent firm of AgustaWestland, saying it had nothing to do with the alleged corruption in India's Rs 3,600-crore deal to procure 12 VVIP

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  Defence Ministry defers decision on Navy chopper deal over Agusta links

  India | July 27, 2014 17:40 IST

  New Delhi: The NDA government has deferred its decision on the procurement of 16 multi-role helicopters for the Indian Navy as one of the two companies in the race for the deal is linked with